Obituaries

Body Wake for Frankie Jo Shortman will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m., with funeral services set for Thursday at 1 p.m. Both services will be at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Rev. Victor Cope officiating.

Body Funeral services for ArFrances Netterville of Inglewood, Calif., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, El Reno. Services are under the direction of Temple and Sons Funeral Directors Inc. ArFrances passed away Jan. 16, 2023.

Body Funeral services for Gloria Bellymule-Zuniga will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Concho Emergency Response Center with John Tyler Youngbull and Abraham Zuniga officiating. Burial will follow at the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Body Funeral services for Gerald Kent (Hoss) Horse were held Wednesday at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Rev. Sam Horse and Ken Wehmuller officiating. Burial followed at the Concho Cemetery. Gerald died Jan. 27, 2023, at his home in El Reno. He was born Nov. 21, 1966, in El Reno.

Body A wake for Elliott Henry “Big Tass” Tasso Jr. will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, with funeral services set for 1 p.m. Friday. Both services will be at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Rev. Gerald Panana officiating. Burial will follow at the Concho Cemetery.

Body Our mother, Delores S. Littlebear Hart (Ma’evehpota’e Red Leaf Girl) has walked on, reunited with her husband and our father, Samuel C. Hart. She passed on Jan. 19, 2023, surrounded by her children and brother and sister-in-law, at the age of 88 years.

Body Wake services for Harold William (Willie) Ratterman of Minco were held Monday in the Benson Memorial Chapel in El Reno, with Mass of Christian Burial held on Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Union City, with Rev. Kevin Ratterman officiating. Burial followed at St.

Body Mark Gilmore, 68, of El Reno, passed away in his home on Jan. 17, 2023, surrounded by his family. Mark was born to Thomas James and Polly Sue Gilmore in Okarche on May 9, 1954. He graduated from El Reno High School in 1972.

Body Thomas F. Coffey passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side on Jan. 15, 2023. Tom was born Sept. 30, 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, to John W. and Katherine Reherman Coffey on the Coffey homestead eight miles west of Okarche.

Body Bina Janice Chapman was born in Okarche on March 8, 1932, to Homer and Flossie (Slusher) Faler. She died at home in El Reno on Jan. 10, 2023. Janice was a seamstress and attended Wesley United Methodist Church.